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This study abroad to London, Oxford, and Stratford-upon-Avon will provide graduate students in the College of Education with a more global perspective of education and the opportunity to explore England’s literary history. Through cultural experiences such as museum visits and tours, students will analyze the historical influences that shaped British children’s and young adult literature by authors such as Roald Dahl, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare. Additionally, students will engage in a comparative analysis of K-12 education practices in Oxford, England and their own teaching sites in Georgia. Students will gain a broader perspective of education by visiting teacher education courses at Oxford University, observing lessons in local elementary and secondary schools, and interacting with faculty, staff, and students.

The College of Education's Study Abroad in Belize program gives students international field observation experience (10 hours) in Belize helping 5th grade students prepare for their standardized tests using literacy lessons that have already been developed.

Students will also have the opportunity to interact with high school students at Ocean Academy on Caye Caulker. Students will learn about Belizian schooling, the educational system, culture, history and environment through special programs and excursions including Creole ceremonial drumming, a guided night tour of the Belize zoo, a visit to the Saturday market, tour of Mayan ruins, ceremonial cave tour, cave tubing, guided reef snorkeling, and a kayak tour of a mangrove forest.

The International Services and Programs Office serves as the hub for international education opportunities on the University of West Georgia campus.

We support the university's mission, as articulated in its Strategic Plan, "to engage all student populations in high impact, experiential learning" by supporting the development of cost efficient and academically rich study abroad programs in all academic units of the institution.